In 1June2017,
Dr. Chen Bin, the
Principal of Chinese Field Herbarium (CFH) in Shanghai
Chenshan Botanical
Garden, was
invited to come to the Guilin Botanic Garden
and Gesneriad Conservation Centre of China (GCCC) for academic communications
for four days. He delivered lectures for the local staff and postgraduates on
the GPS technique using in the field investigation and species introduction.Dr. Chen Bin talked
in details about how to use the GPS effectively to record important and
detailed information during the field investigations and while introduce new
species, which is very significant and practical for the introduction and
conservation of endangered Chinese Gesneriads in Guilin Botanic Garden and
GCCC. Using related software to design the investigation route and unloaded it
into the mobile phones before departure can help make the field works more
feasible and efficient. Besides, combining the digital camera and the GPS
tracking plotter simplifies the proceed of recording the actual route and
geographic data in the field and thus, saving time for collecting specimens and
photos outdoors while gathering and analyzing photos and GPS data in batch
processing indoors. To help the audients effectively learn the usage of the
related software, Dr. Chen demonstrated the whole process several times in the
public garden, the GCCC Glass House and Exhibition Garden.
Together with other
two GCCC members, Fu Long-Fei and Pan Bo, Dr. Chen also investigated the karst
landform and the plant biodiversity in the neighbouring regions, especially
focusing on the limestone region
where Primulina yangshuoensis Y.G.
Wei & Fang Wen, P. cordata Mich.
Möller & A. Weber, P. glandulosa var. yangshuoensis (F. Wen, Yue Wang &
Q.X. Zhang) Mich. Möller & A. Weber and Petrocodon coriaceifolius (Y.G.Wei)
Y.G.Wei & Mich.Möller distributed centralized. In the end, Dr. Chen
expressed the wish of taking further collaboration with GCCC in multiple
related research fields.
Fig.1 Dr. Chen Bin is making the lecture
Fig.2
The group photo of training class
Fig.3 Together with other two GCCC members, Fu
Long-Fei and Pan-Bo, Dr. chen Bin also investigated the karst landform and the
plant biodiversity
Fig.4 Some key
species of Gesneriaceae in the investigation（A B C D）
